Issue - meetings

To present the Committee’s draft work programme for 2024/25 for adoption.

The Communities Scrutiny Committee’s Work Programme for 2024/25 was adopted.

The report was presented by the Scrutiny Advisor. Members were reminded that they had considered potential items to be scrutinised for 2024/25 at the Committee's annual workshop held on 29 April 2024. It was elaborated that members had been asked to respond to an on-line question in terms of their five main priorities from the list of possible items provided before the workshop. It was confirmed that the main priorities that emerged from the responses to the question were:

1          Waste Collection and Recycling Services

2          Developments in the field of Public Transport

=          New Local Development Plan - Strategic Options, Vision and Objectives

=          Climate and Nature Emergency Plan: Annual Report 2023/24

⁠3         Introduce public charging points for electric vehicles

=          Planning and Welsh-speaking Communities

It was added that the Committee had a role in scrutinising the work of the Gwynedd and Anglesey Public Services Board with an understanding that the work of the Board was scrutinised twice a year. It was concluded that a copy of the Board's Annual Report for 2023/24 should be shared with members but not formally scrutinised at a Committee meeting. It was confirmed that the item 'Gwynedd and Anglesey Public Services Board Progress Report' had been scheduled for the January meeting.

It was noted that the 'Streetscene Service' item had been identified as an agenda item during 2025/26.

It was reminded that the scrutiny forward programme was a live programme which would be reviewed regularly during the year to ensure that the correct matters were addressed. It was stated that consideration was given to prioritising matters that would arise during the year, such as matters from performance challenge meetings and items on the Cabinet's forward programme.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

RESOLVED

The Communities Scrutiny Committee’s Work Programme for 2024/25 was adopted.